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Application context

(This blog was originally posted on Packaging Digest )

The pandemic lifestyle has dramatically changed how people work, socialize, and purchase products. For many, the brick-and-mortar experience has given way to online shopping as a way to keeping a safe distance and increasing personal safety. As a result, e-commerce has seen a tremendous surge in popularity that shows no sign of slowing down.

  • Merging, diverting, rotating, and sorting products;
  • Product handling of all shapes and sizes.

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Design considerations

Within these newer packaging lines, conveyors can do so much more than just delivering product from one point to another. They are playing vital roles in e-commerce applications involving:

Conveyors today are more robust than ever before, moving loads up to 1,000 pounds over long distances within facilities, while operating 24/7 – which are typical performance specifications required in e-commerce applications and regional distribution centers.